Emerald green and crimson—two lightsabers collided violently on the smoke-choked, wreckage-strewn landing platform!
There was no crisp clang of metal, only the terrifying hum of pure energy annihilating itself, as though it could tear apart souls!
A blinding flash erupted in an instant, like a miniature star detonating on the deck! A violent Force shockwave spread madly outward in a ring from the point of impact!
Boom—!!!
The hardened alloy deck seemed to have been struck by an invisible sledgehammer, instantly warping, shattering, and heaving upward!
The landing pod wreckage piled across the platform, twisted corpses, and even soldiers from both sides who had not had time to evacuate were like leaves in a hurricane before that shockwave—instantly shredded into dust!
Several nearby turrets and defensive emplacements collapsed like sandcastles!
The vast hull of the entire Indomitable Truth groaned under the strain of that blow, like a dying metal beast!
Inside the bridge, the violent tremors left everyone unable to keep their footing.
Lion gripped the edge of the wall tightly, his crimson lenses fixed on the image transmitted by the external sensors.
The image shook violently beneath intense energy interference and was covered in static, yet the two figures confronting each other at the center of the explosion remained clearly visible!
"Is this... the true power of the Force?" Lion's voice was filled with shock.
In his eyes, the power displayed by those two on the platform was no different from that of gods from legend!
This was not a battle between warriors at all, but... a war between deities!
"Orders!!" Lion abruptly came back to his senses. His voice was hoarse, yet carried an iron resolve that instantly drowned out the alarms and cries on the bridge. "All noncombat personnel! All Space Marines! Immediately! Abandon the flagship and